Nobody has done more to popularise biohacking than Dave Asprey. In fact, he invented the word biohacking. A big inspiration & teacher to me, it was a great honor for it to come full circle & have Dave on the show to talk about his biohacking journey & where he sees the field going. We get into the lessons from his new book Smarter Not Harder & Dave pulls no punches with his view on accountability, responsibility & plant-based diets.Over the last two decades Dave Asprey, “The Father of Biohacking”, has worked with world-renowned doctors, researchers, scientists, & global mavericks to uncover the latest, most innovative methods, techniques & products for enhancing mental & physical performance. Dave has personally spent over $2 million taking control of his own biology – pushing the bounds of human possibility all in the name of science evolution & revolution.The creator of the Bulletproof Diet, & innovator of Bulletproof Coffee, Collagen Protein supplements & many more advances in commercial wellness products, Dave’s mission is to empower the entire globe with information & knowledge that unlocks the Super Human in everyone at any age. The proof of these advancements are better sleep, energy, & expanded capacity for all. Be a better partner, parent, provider & overall human being in every aspect of life.Get Dave’s new book Smarter Not Harder now. Join us as we explore:From over 300 pounds, diagnosed with arthritis at 14, suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome & fibromyalgia to now 8% body fat, premium health & acknowledged “father of biohacking”, Dave shares with us the ultimate pain to purpose story.How a trip to Tibet & the yak became the inspiration for bulletproof coffee, biohacking & the Bulletproof empire. Turning the scientific method on its head & opting for brain not brawn, Dave shares the incredibly unique message of his new book Smarter Not Harder & why it not only worked for him but should work for everyone.Why accountability & resilience is the heart of biohacking.Why your “doctor is not your daddy”, & the incredible power of the laziness principle.For the vegans & vegetarians, why plants don’t want you to eat them & Dave’s concern with lectins, oxalic acid and phytic acid.How biohacking was at the core of Dave finding the emotional reserve to handle unfair criticism on the Joe Rogan Experience.Contact:Website - https://daveasprey.comWebsite - https://www.bulletproof.comSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Trauma is a big word these days. I hear it now everywhere all the time. But if everything and anything is traumatic, are we left with a world of only trauma and traumatised people, and where is the space for resilience, overcoming and growth? That’s why I can’t believe how perfect the timing was for this podcast with Britt Frank. Britt is no stranger to trauma, listen to find out how much trauma, but she is not allowing herself to be defined by it and is teaching people to move beyond their “stuck”. She strikes a beautiful balance of yin and yang in her work, and because the world is tough, it comes down to us “choosing our hard” and whether we want to suffer in pain and disease or strive to find healing and health.Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP is a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck (Penguin Random House), named by SHRM, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The Next Big Idea Club as a must-read. Britt received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her master’s degree from the University of Kansas, where she later became an award-winning adjunct instructor. Britt is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and her work has been featured in Forbes, NPR, Fast Company, Psych Central, SELF, and Thrive Global.Join us as we explore:Britt’s unique definition of trauma which brings a fresh degree of agency to the term because “brain do brain things” and what makes her “science of stuck” different.Why the enemy is “not within”, and why partnering with our brains by believing it is on your side is a trauma game-changer.Why the highly sensitive person and the emotional being is more vulnerable to internalizing events as traumatic but also why sensitivity is a superpower that should be leaned into.Why the use of “war words” is creating confusion in the mental and emotional health world, and why new words and new choices, including microchoices, are everyone’s most important choice.The trauma toolkit. What’s right for you and your circumstances? DBT, EFT, IFS, SE and more. How to teach trauma to the next generation, and why that does NOT begin with “validating all feelings and therefore excusing all behavior” but also why the future of the next generation begins with un-infantilizing the present generation.The power of communities to safeguard against trauma, but more crucially what these communities need to model.Contact:Website - https://www.scienceofstuck.coBook - https://www.scienceofstuck.com/bookMentionsDBT – Technique, Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

We each have our own unique why. A calling. A mission. My guest today Erik Korem has a mission to keep people to account. He has spent considerable time and effort studying all the companies promising their devices can change your health, actually checking the research & calling it like it is. We have interesting debates in the show, but ultimately we agree, data is not valuable without the human capital component that it must be partnered with.Erik Korem is on a mission to help people change their world with his relentless pursuit of high performance. He believes that everyone’s health & well-being are their responsibility, whether they want to reduce stress, boost their energy, lose a few pounds, or sleep better, it all starts with adaptability. He's a PhD sports scientist with a passion for solving the data-to-action gap that exists in the wearable tech & mHealth space and does so with his company AIM7.Join us as we explore:What the research & science really say about exercise, zones, carrying weight, longevity, healthspan, HRV & steps but why for the everyday person trying to be healthy they need to focus on basics and consistency.Why the number of exercise sessions per week needs to be understood in the context of intensity, regardless of what level of fitness you are at.Why the key to wearables aren't the wearables themselves but the human capital around them.Whether you use Apple watch, OURA, Polar or WHOOP, the wearables 101 masterclass with expert analysis & opinion you won’t hear anywhere else.  Why accuracy does not matter about wearables as much as people think, & the one thing wearables measure that is totally misunderstood!Social jetlag, the architecture of sleep & how the timing of your sleep puts pressure on different stages of sleep, & when it comes to sleep worry less about stages & more about the 3 key sleep behaviors. Contact:Website - https://www.erikkorem.comMentionsBlog - Accuracy of Wearable Technology & Smart WatchesStudy –  “Revisiting the association of sedentary behavior and physical activity with all-cause mortality using a compositional approach: the Women's Health Study”Study – Sleep chronotypesStudy – “The Rise of Consumer Health Wearables: Promises Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Would you believe your genes could predict what job you should do, how to manage family politics and what kind of intimate partner you would be most attracted to? I wasn’t sure about it, but I was blown away by the calling and confidence of my genetic expert guest today Kashif Khan. Yes, Kashif is a genetic detective, and has transformed lives by unpacking their biological code, but at the same time he also knows those genes are not your destiny and while genes can load the gun it will still be how you live your life that pulls the epigenetic triggers.And because you are here you are getting a special discounted code from Kashif’s company The DNA Code:  www.dnacompany.com/thriveKashif Khan is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of The DNA Company, where personalized medicine is being pioneered through unique insights into the human genome. As Kashif dove into the field of functional genomics as the CEO of The DNA Company, it was revealed that his neural wiring was actually genetically designed to be entrepreneurial. However, his genes also revealed a particular sensitivity to pollutants. Seeing his health from a new lens Kashif dove further and started to see the genetic pathways that led to his own family's challenges, and the opportunities to reverse chronic disease. His measure of success is not in dollars earned, but in lives improved. Science outreach has become a passion project for Kashif, and he educates about functional genomics in an accessible format on his podcast, The Unpilled Podcast and his social media platforms. He is the author of the new book The DNA Way: Unlock the Secrets of Your Genes to Revere Disease, Slow Aging and Achieve Optimal Wellness. Join us as we explore:Kashif’s pain-to-purpose story. Burdened by a variety of chronic conditions, Kashif discovered he was missing genes that made him particularly sensitive to environmental pollutants and with that knowledge not only reversed his chronic ailments but reversed his biological age.The incredible story of Kashif’s niece who out of nowhere began expressing extreme anxiety and inexplicable behavior, and how Kashif used her genetics to unravel why! You won’t believe what the root cause was.Kashif’s more practical and applicable way of looking at biology and genetics, and why data is dumb unless you know how to interpret it and implement those insights into your life with real action.If it is possible that just 100 of our 22,000 genes are the ones that manifest chronic disease?Kashif’s mind-blowing claim that if he has your genetic profile he can tell whether you should be a doctor, lawyer or entrepreneur, and even wSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Dr Dale Bredesen has demonstrated that we have entered into the new era of Alzheimer’s care, and that we are already amongst the horrible disease’s first survivors. He makes an incredibly bold statement that getting Alzheimer’s disease is “truly optional”. Wow! What an incredible message of self-empowerment and hope. We need this episode more than ever to provide the increasing number of people and their families impacted by Alzheimer’s hope and that they can get their mind back and therefore their life back.Dale E. Bredesen, MD, received his undergraduate degree from Caltech and his medical degree from Duke University. He served as resident and chief resident in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and as postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Professor Stanley Prusiner. He was a faculty member at UCLA from 1989 to 1994, and was then recruited by the Burnham Institute to direct the Program on Aging. In 1998, he became the founding president and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and adjunct professor at UCSF. In 2013, he returned to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as director of the Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research.The Bredesen Laboratory studies basic mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative process and the translation of this knowledge into effective therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, which has led to the publication of over 200 research papers. He is the principal investigator for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UCLA. He established the ADDN (Alzheimer’s Drug Development Network) with Dr. Varghese John in 2008, leading to the identification of new classes of therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease. His group has developed a new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the MEND protocol, and this approach has led to the first description of a reversal of symptoms in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early Alzheimer’s disease.Join us as we explore:The forefront of both Alzheimer’s disease research and treatment, and why most neurologists are stuck in the past and ineffective treatment, including stories from Dr Bredeson’s new book detailing how his approach has already reversed Alzheimer’s disease in his patients.The 7 fundamental pieces of Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment, including treating the vicious prionic loop.Why everyone over 40 needs to do a “cognoscopy”, and don’t worry it’s a lot more pleasant than a colonoscopy! Dr Bredeson’s research and experimentally backed theory that neurodegenerative diseases are about a gap between supply and demand in your brain’s Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

When it comes to getting healthier, diet is everyone’s go to. But I always say, it’s the easiest thing to change but also the hardest. Why? Because changing what you eat is not hard as all the better options are available. In theory. Why it is the hardest is because people get into habits, they are influenced by their environment, they choose convenience and mostly because they are built deep emotional relationships with food. That’s why I brought Nicci onto the show. She understands all of that and much more because she has been through her own pain to purpose journey with food. I also needed someone who works with food and diets every single day to tell everyone out there listening that diet is not about starvation, and if it is, you will never succeed.Nicci Robertson is the founder of Re~Invent Heath, a nutrition coaching practice in Johannesburg, the cost of the Re~Invent Heath podcast and author of the new book Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules. She is a clinical nutritionist, trained in functional nutrition, a master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and Psycho-Neuro Immunology. She specializes in executive health management, work life balance strategies, and resilience training.If you want to eat well but don’t want to give up pleasure, you don’t have to! Get Nicci’s new book here now and discover that good food doesn’t mean boring food: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/thrive-healthy-recipes-break-diet-rules/9781485901525Join us as we explore:Nicci’s relatable story about food and family, imprinting a relationship with food from her family, being considered overweight at 10 years old (she wasn’t), emotional eating and secret eating. A rundown of Nicci’s process from blood work to nutritional plans that are customized to your environment, your biomarkers, whether you’re an athlete or not and all with the intention of the client never feeling they are in a deprivation type diet.A 101 on the major food macros protein, carbohydrates and fat, animal vs plant proteins and how you can lose nearly 200 grams a day of body fat with the most basic macro nutrient switches.An extensive run down on plant proteins, processed protein and supplements like BCAA and creatine, and the myth of cereals.How continuous glucose monitors (CGM) are the ultimate accountability partner and expose any of the food untruths and deceptions we tell ourselves. Why Nicci tells people to come back when they're ready, to come back when it’s too painful.Why body fat and muscle mass are two of the most accurate measurements when one is assessing overall health.Contact:Website - Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

The world is on fire. And no, not in the climate change way. Biologically. Inflammation is rampant. I have never seen so many people suffering with chronic and raging biological inflammation. The question is why? I have my ideas, but today I brought on an expert in the disorders and diseases that may be causing the inflammation as well as a piece of the puzzle that may be missing called mast cell activation syndrome. Dr. Tania Dempsey is an expert in chronic disease, autoimmune disorders and mast cell activation syndrome. Dr. Dempsey is sought after internationally for her knowledge of chronic immune dysregulation and has attracted patients from Israel, England, Thailand and France. Dr. Dempsey uses integrative medicine to get to the patient's root cause(s) of their illness.  Her purpose is to understand why people get sick and to help patients understand their body and why it fails them when it does.Join us as we explore:Stories of desperation to salvation. Dr Dempsey shares her real-life stories of patients who come to her practice in tatters and without hope, and with functional health changes and ancestral wisdom find healthy and hope again.Mast cell activation syndrome – what it is, where and why it begins, how to treat it including biohacks and how it is affecting far more people than they realize.A story of perimenopausal success – hormones rebalancing, brain fog gone, breast tenderness gone – treated with a merging of western and eastern approaches.Why are so many young kids now suffering from every food allergy and intolerance out there!How the epidemic of omega ratio dysfunction could be at the root of much of the insulin resistance problems and downstream mast cell activation.The big red flags Dr Dempsey -and myself – are finding in people’s blood work post-covid.Dr Dempsey’s use of ozone, iodine, hydrogen peroxide and more frontier treatments.Contact:Website - https://www.drtaniadempsey.comMentionsPaper – Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global "consensus-2", https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32324159/Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Recently I was a guest on a local podcast called Stanger Talks with host Noah Stanger. The podcast is about sparking inspiration and fuelling ambition in people by sharing the stories of people who have made successful and significant strides in their fields and what the strategies and mindsets are to get people there. So it was an honour to be asked to be on the show and share my story of becoming South Africa’s Pro Biohacker and Health Futurist.Just us as we explore:The story of my company Made To Thrive, our values, and why we want to empower everyone we can to live a life of superhuman health.Why less than 15% of people can claim to be in good health despite 90% of your health potential is within your control. Why I believe purpose is at the root of your chances of living a healthy life.Whether I believe health statistics are moving in the right or wrong direction, and the difference between healthspan and lifespan.Why people don’t do what they value, they do what they most value, and sadly what people most value is not their health.The critical components to health I observe most people are neglecting, and how they directly relate to Made To Thrive’s 7 pillars to optimal health.Sleep hygiene, your light diet, aerobic vs anaerobic exercise, heart rate zones, supplements, vitamin D, sun cream, fasting, and if you can believe it much much more.Mentions:Check out all Made To Thrive’s products I mentioned in the podcast here. From OOLER/sleepme to our amazing blue-light blocking glasses and more!Study - Why Daylight Saving Time Could Increase Your Heart Attack Risk Concept - IKIGAISupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

When it comes to health everything matters. But I am starting to sense that at the top of the pyramid may be hormonal health. Hormones are the communication chemicals in our bodies that in effect coordinate the function or dysfunction of the body. So many things we have been guessing are due to age or say “that’s natural” is really about our hormones being in a dysregulated state. The incredible news is there is a lot we can do to keep our hormones happy and healthy for a long time and give ourselves a long healthspan. And that starts with listening to the hormone genius on my show today.Dr. Kyle Gillett enjoys providing holistic individualized care to his patients. His practice includes preventative medicine, aesthetics, sports medicine, hormone optimization, obstetrics and infertility, integrative medicine, and precision medicine including genomics. He believes that each human is a unique creation that requires attention to their body, mind, and soul to achieve optimal health. He enjoys caring for others using shared decision-making and an evidence-based, patient-centered approach. He is active in Obesity Medicine organizations and firmly believes “food is medicine” and “exercise is medicine”. Dr. Gillett describes the “6 pillars of health”: exercise, diet, sleep, stress, sunlight, and spirit. These are more powerful than any medication or supplement. Join us as we explore:Everything hormones! Testosterone, estrogen, androgens, optimal ranges you need to look for on your lab results and more than you have ever heard before about how hormones work and function as the door between disease and health and vitality and lethargy.Testosterone optimization, why it never starts and stops with pharmaceuticals and the 101 guide to how to optimize testosterone with light, sleep, exercise, diet and the other non-negotiable lifestyle factors.The role of epigenetics in hormonal health and how mosaicism behaves as the light switch between hormones operating optimally or not. The natural testosterone supplements that actually work you’ve never heard about.Why being in a caloric deficit could be ruining your testosterone levels.Testosterone replacement therapy aka TRT – is it safe, is it forever, what is the latest research saying and why it is so important to work with a hormone expert.Contact:Website - https://gilletthealth.comSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Being a woman brings with it unique health goals and challenges. Add being a mom in this busy world that demands so much of us, things change even more. That is why it is so important to understand not only your unique physiology, but the feminine context. I am seeing too many young girls and women with hormonal problems and the wrong body composition because they are training wrong! That’s why this episode was crucial for me. For all the ladies and families with daughters out there, you have to listen to Dr Jamie.Dr. Jaime Seeman is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist with a background in nutrition, exercise and health science. She is also a current fellow in integrative medicine and a board-certified ketogenic nutrition specialist. As a former college athlete, Dr Jaime got away with poor nutrition most of her life, until the ultimate stress test of your health, being pregnancy. She then battled with weight gain, fatigue, lpw thyroid function, hormonal imbalance and pre-diabetes. She however finally found a way to get “fit and fabulous”, and now runs the Hard To Kill Academy, is the host of Fit and Fabulous podcast and is the author of the new book Hard To Kill: Master the Mindset to Maximize Your Years.Buy the book now: https://www.doctorfitandfabulous.com/bookJoin us as we explore:Why the ketogenic diet was what finally tipped the scales for Dr Jamie, taking her from a state of pre-diabetes and overweight to the healthiest she had ever been. The nuances to keto, the research, the lean mass hyper responders and the evolving science of lipid metabolism, Working out and food! What to eat, when to eat, the power of satiation, priming your pancreas, the most important meal of the day, are those protein shakes good (no!) and getting past “decision fatigue”.Why the number one way to lose fat is not running, not cardio, not dieting. But this!Why it is critical to “pay yourself first”, and why the number on the scale is not the only thing we need to be worrying about (aka yes, a certain % of body fat is healthy!)How the 1990s image of feminine beauty has been emotionally and psychologically damaging to women and has created their resistance to doing the necessary weight lifting they need.The critical importance of finding your happy balance between cardio and strength training as well as overall biological homeostasis.Contact:Website - https://www.doctorfitandfabulous.comSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/